King Tut is a 1978 comedy/novelty song by Steve Martin and a band credited as the "Toot Uncommons". The song was inspired by the exhibition of the mummy of the Pharoah Tutankhamun in the late 1970s, including in New York City. The song itself is an R&B/funk combination, with slight incorporations of "Middle Eastern" motiffs that were supposed to give it an oriental air. The lyrics are simplistic and non-sensical. The song is about 2 minutes long, and on my 45, had a B-side consisting of Martin's spoken "Excuse Me" routine.
Humor is subjective, and Martin's brand of absurdist humor is doubly so. Other than the topical allusion to the Tutankahmun exhibition, it is hard to say what this song is about, other than the absurd juxtaposition of an ancient Egyptian ruler with phrases like "he's my favorite honky" and "he lived in a condo made of stone-a". It is funny enough, but I want to know more. Luckily, along with being a musician, Martin is also an actor, so I will watch (not for the first time, but it has been decades), Martin performing the song live on Saturday Night Live. (Watches it). Okay, having watched that, I have to say that the song as performed is many times better than the song as recorded. While Martin is a professional musician, and the song has some funny bits in it, it comes alive in Martin's over-the-top performance complete with dancers and a backing band, all in "Egyptian" costumes.
Humor is subjective, but often it is the added bit of energy that makes it work.